They took the whole Indian nation

 Put us on this reservation

 Took away our way of life

 Tomahawk and the prairie-knife.
 Took away our native tongue

 Taught their English to our young

 And all the beads we made by hand
 Are nowadays made in Japan.
 Cherokee people
 Cherokee tribe

 So proud you lived
 So proud you'll die.

 They took the whole Indian nation

 Put us on this reservation

 Brick built houses by the score

 Won't need tepees anymore.
 Although they've changed our ways of old

 They'll never change our heart and soul

 And suddenly when the world has learned

 Cherokee Indian will return.
 Will return
 Will return

 Will return
 Will return
 Will return!